Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp

It received great critical acclaim and then was released in the United States. But is he a good fit for her, or will his paranoia about becoming just like his father mean their relationship is doomed?ĭirected by James Ponsoldt, the film had its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Festival. As he gets to know her better, he finds out that he really likes the girl next door. Sutter drinks all night and ends up waking up on the lawn of Amy Finicky (played by Shailene Woodley), a girl he barely knows but has seen around school. But then his girlfriend Cassidy decides that Sutter is a lost cause and dumps him. Sutter is the life of every party, and his effortless life seems to be one where he can coast forever. But while this big man on campus thinks he has it all figured out, his entire world changes when he meets a girl. He is a senior in high school and effortless at charming people. Miles Teller plays the main character of Sutter Keely. The Spectacular Now was turned into a feature-length film that was released to audiences on September 13, 2013. The book did very well and was popular among audiences and became a finalist in the running for the 2008 National Book Award.

His young adult novel The Spectacular Now was released in 2008 by Knopf Books. It did quite well and was named to the Best Books of 2007 List by the American Library Association. It was his first-ever novel written for young adults. His second novel was released in 2006 and is titled Knights of the Hill Country. It was awarded the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. His debut fiction novel was titled Falling Dark and was released in Milkweed Press in 1999. He resides in Oklahoma, where he teaches at Rose State College in the Humanities Department and writes when he isn’t working. He has worked in many positions and jobs over the years, including as a construction laborer, a factory hand, a hitchhiker, a record store clerk, and a psychiatric aide. from the University of Oklahoma and attended Brown University, where he received his M.F.A. He wrote a regular column for the school newspaper and in addition to being the editor began writing short stories at the time, inspired by writers like Kurt Vonnegut and Ernest Hemingway. He first fell in love with writing fiction in fifth grade, and he vowed to himself that one day he would be a writer– a goal that he has accomplished!Įven as he played football in high school, Tharp knew that his ambitions lay with writing. Tharp created comic strips and developed an interest in writing as a young kid. They moved to Midwest City when he was seven years old because his father got a job as the associate editor of the city newspaper. He was born in Henrietta, Oklahoma, in the eastern part of the state. He is probably best known to readers for his young adult novel The Spectacular Now. Tim Tharp is an American author of fiction.

Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp